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Proverbs 20:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The slacker does not plough during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

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Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches.

Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied.

and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need, like a bandit.

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth!

Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water; but a person of understanding draws it out.

A slacker’s craving will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

One who watches the wind will not sow, and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.